International Dealer News IDN 146 December 2018 / January 2019

COMMENT: Not all statistics are equal ........................................................................................................... Page 4
Italian new motorcycle registrations +10.39% to October ....................................................................................................... Page 7
SBS adds clutch packs .............................................................................................................................................................................................. Page 12
Parmakit "Sixty Six" Big Bore cylinder kits ................................................................................................................................................ Page 16
ACEM - motorcycle registrations
in the EU up by 8.2% during the
first nine months of 2018
The latest quarterly EU new
registrations data released by the
Association des Constructeurs
Européens de Motocycles (ACEM),
the Brussels based international
motorcycle industry trade
association, put EU new
motorcycle registrations at
830,694 units for the first 9 months
of the year, a +8.2 percent increase.
With 186,487 units (a +5.1% increase
on a year-on-year basis) Italy remains the
largest European motorcycle market,
followed by France (146,276
motorcycles, +10%), Germany (140,628
motorcycles, +11.1%), Spain (113,650
motorcycles, +8.0%) and the UK
(83,155 motorcycles, +3.7%).
Motorcycle registrations increased in all
EU countries, with the exception of
Poland, where they went down by -
2.3%.
The European moped market reached
209,562 units during the first 9 months
of 2018. This represents a decrease of
around -26.1% compared to the
registration levels of the first nine months
of 2017 (283,399 units). The largest
markets for mopeds in Europe were:
France (51,498 units), Netherlands
(47,260 units), Germany (20,133 units),
Italy (16,118 units) and Belgium (15,992
units).
The moped market saw transition from
Euro 3 to Euro 4 engine emissions
compliance take effect on January 1st,
2018 - 12 months later than for
motorcycles.
Combined registrations of electric
mopeds, motorcycles and quadricycles
‘Italy is largest
market’
reached 36,270 units during the first
nine months of 2018. This represents a
substantial increase of +52.8%
compared to the registration levels of the
same period of 2017 (23,722 units).
Most of the electric L-category vehicles
registered in 2018 are mopeds (26,210
units), followed by motorcycles (7,652
units) and a much smaller number of
quadricycles (about 2,408 units).
Commenting on the latest figures,
Antonio Perlot, Secretary General of
NEWS ROOM 6-17, 64
ACEM, said: “During the first nine
months of 2018, motorcycle
registrations increased in 27 out of the
28 EU Member States, with double digit
growth figures for the three largest
European markets: Italy, France and
Germany.
“Although current sales volumes in
Europe are still below 2007 levels (when
1.5. million units were sold), the
motorcycle sector has accumulated four
consecutive years of growth since 2013.
If current trends persist, 2018 may
become a fifth consecutive year of
market growth.
However, there is growing industry
thinking that, in fact, the apparently
robust growth in new motorcycle
registrations is in fact flattening out
when the 2016 Euro 3 pre-registered
inventory is taken into account.
That inventory was ultimately sold in
2017, but the numbers were mostly
recorded in the registration statistics for
the final quarter of 2016 - meaning that
2017 registrations were in fact higher
than formerly recorded and distorting
the year-on-year comparison.
See also Comment, page 4.
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